Lukas 23:35

23:35 The people also stood there watching, but the rulers ridiculed ¹  him, saying, “He saved others. Let him save ²  himself if ³  he is the Christ ⁴  of God, his chosen one!”

Lukas 23:37

23:37 and saying, “If ⁵  you are the king of the Jews, save yourself!”

[23:35]  ¹ tn A figurative extension of the literal meaning “to turn one’s nose up at someone”; here “ridicule, sneer at, show contempt for” (L&N 33.409).

[23:35]  ² sn The irony in the statement Let him save himself is that salvation did come, but later, not while on the cross.

[23:35]  ³ tn This is a first class condition in the Greek text.

[23:35]  ⁴ tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

[23:35]  sn See the note on Christ in 2:11.

[23:37]  ⁵ tn This is also a first class condition in the Greek text.